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5spd4wd t1_iv6xy9g wrote

Reply to comment by BoilerButtSlut in BIFL home appliances by Ok-Nose-5889

Wow, that's not very long at all. My previous washing machine, a Kenmore that I bought in 2000, lasted almost 15 years before needing anything. And that was just an easily swappable timer.

The matching dryer lasted about the same amount of time before needing a heating element.

5 years and 3 years would scare me.

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BoilerButtSlut t1_iv70jpn wrote

You're confusing lifetime with warranty.

No appliance has ever had more than a 5 year warranty as far as I know. Most stuff at a big-box store is just 1 year. Even my "built like a panzer tank" Miele came with 3 years despite it being built to last 20, though I could pay to extend it to 5 years but I didn't see a point.

Warranty just covers things breaking from early failure or something not being put together at the factory correctly. It's not meant to cover the whole lifetime of the appliance.

Even the stuff you mentioned that lasted 15+ years didn't have more than a 3-5 year warranty, guaranteed. You can check yourself.

Like, Toyotas have a 100k mile warranty. Would you expect it to only last 100k miles?

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IterationFourteen t1_ivdbfnj wrote

3 year warrantee on a commercial appliance means they expect it to hold up for 3 years of 6-10 hours a day of use.

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